The United States has issued a fresh penalties against Russia because of the case Skrobala, informed Bloomberg, citing two people familiar with the source.

according to the publication, the state Department and the Ministry of Finance pending approval of a new package of restrictive measures from the White house.

in early November 2018, the state Department informed the U.S. Congress that the Russian Federation has not made the requirements of the law " On the control of chemical and biological weapons ", which was used in connection with the incident in Salisbury.

in this regard, the United States plans to impose on Russia a second batch of sentences. 1st package at the time this law entered into force on 27 August.

The law provides for the 2nd package of six variants of the punishment, telling the President to apply at least 3 of them.

Among them: lowering the level of diplomatic relations, the prohibition of U.S. banks on lending, the development of prohibitions to international loans, a ban on the export of goods and technology except for food and agriculture, a ban on all imports and a ban on flights in the U.S. state airlines.

in March 2018 in Salisbury was poisoned ex-GRU officer Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia. The incident triggered a major international scandal.

in London was told that the incident involved Russia, Moscow denies in principle.

The Russian side has many times proposed to hold a joint hearing of the conflict, But Britain ignored it and denied access Scriply.

The Russian foreign Ministry has accused the British Prime Minister Theresa may in a lie. She claimed that the poison was manufactured in Russia. However, in the laboratory Porton Down is contested.

in September, the London released photos of the "suspects" in the poisoning in Salisbury. The assurances of the British side, the two GRU officer - Alexander Petrov, and Ruslan Bashirov.

However, they told in the interview chief editor of Sputnik and RT Margarita Simonyan, visited Britain for tourist purposes, not connected with the Russian special services and are irrelevant to the case Skrobala.



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